It's my birthday

Early to rise and off to The Vatican.
8.00am and a queue as long as your arm. Jumped ahead at our alloted time but still qued to clear security.
It's amazing how efficiently people disperse and the museum manages to stay calm and relaxed. The Sistine chapel is smaller than imagined. (Tone sneeked a photo) The art and artefacts from around the world are amazing.
Tony managed to sneek us into the front of the que for St. Peters Basillica. It is vast and highly elaborate inside, but i can't help wondering if all this oppulence is necessary in the pursuit of devotion to a religion?Read more